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CABBAGE. 



Early York. Early Jersey Wakefield, Surehead. and Early Whininjrstadt : 

 Seed sown in window boxes about May 5. Transplanted June 12. Slow in start- 

 ing and slow in growth; only Early Jersey Wakefield made small beads. 



CAULIFLOWER. 



Extra Early Paris: Seed sown in window boxes about May 5. Transplanted 

 June 12. Grew very slowly. Just beginning to bead at close of the season. 



Early Snowball : Seed sown in botbed ^Nlay 10. Transplanted June 19. Grew 

 quite well and produced several nice beads. 



FLOWERS. 



Tbe flower garden was quite a success in spite of the unfavorable season. The 

 following varieties were started in the window boxes during May and trans- 

 planted during June: Tansies, poppies, cornflower, and nasturtiums. The fol- 

 lowing were planted in the open ground: Sweet peas, gillia. and candytuft. 

 They began blooming about July 20. and many of them coutiuued to bloom pro- 

 fusely till the frost of September 13. 



DISTRIBUTION OF SEED. 



In addition to tbe garden seed sent directly from the Department to residents 

 of the interior of Alaska, there is quite a demand among the miners and pros- 

 pectors who have no fixed abode for such seed as radish, lettuce, turnip, and 

 ruta-baga— things that grow quickly and require no particular care. The 

 stores do not have seeds for sale, and these persons have to depend on the sta- 

 tion for their supply. The several hundred packages distributed last winter and 

 spring through tbe Rampart Station have been the source of considerable satis- 

 faction to the miners and others. 



WORK AT THE KENAI STATION. 

 WEATHER CONDITIONS. 



The snow was gone by April 9, which was unusually early. The season 

 advanced slowly, with frequent southwest winds, which held vegetation in 

 check. After July 15 the weather was more favorable than the normal for 

 that season of the year, and heavy showers alternated with sunshine. A heavy 

 frost August 26 and 27 injured grain to a considerable extent. 



May had twelve clear and six cloudy days; preci|titation, 0.84 inch. June, 

 sixteen clear, seven cloudy, with 0.84 inch precipitation. July, thirteen clear, 

 twelve cloudy, with 1.0(> inch precipitation. August, twelve clear, twelve 

 cloudy days; precipitation, 6.26 inches; this is the greatest precipitation for 

 any one month on record at this station. The number of clear days was nor- 

 mal, however, the increased precipitation being due to heavier showers than 

 usual. 



WORK ACCOMPLISHED. 



Twenty-three acres of land are now under cultivation. The greater part of 

 this was seeded to oats and barley to provide forage for the live stock, which 

 now consist of 11 cows. (PI. VI, fig. 1.) The remainder of the land 

 was used for the cultivation of legumes, grasses, vegetables, bush fruits, and 



